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Microparia (Heterocyclopyge) insolens

Trilobita - Asaphida - Cyclopygidae

Taxonomy
Cyclopyge insolens was named by Schuchert and Cooper (1930).

It was recombined as Heterocyclopyge insolens by Lespérance (1968); it was recombined as Microparia (Heterocyclopyge) insolens by Owen and Bruton (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Cyclopyge insolens Schuchert and Cooper
1968Heterocyclopyge insolens Lespérance pp. 813, 815
2012Microparia (Heterocyclopyge) insolens Owen and Bruton p. 979

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
subphylumArtiopoda(Hou and Bergstrom)
RankNameAuthor
classTrilobitaWalch 1771
subclassLibristoma
orderAsaphidaSalter 1864
superfamilyCyclopygoideaRaymond 1925
familyCyclopygidae
genusMicropariaHawle and Corda 1847
subgenusHeterocyclopyge(Marek 1961)
speciesinsolens()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Microparia (Heterocyclopyge) insolens Schuchert and Cooper 1930
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitec
Composition 2: chitinc
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Spines: noneg
Ontogeny: molting, addition of partsc
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: well-developedf
Created: 2009-06-08 12:11:36
Modified: 2009-06-08 14:11:36
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Ashgill or 449.50000 to 443.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian - Gamachian449.6 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Cyclopyge insolens (37469 37790)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7Canada (Quebec) Heterocyclopyge insolens (13130 13131 76075)